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I ran across this article I wrote last year and I realized that its been almost one year that we lost one of our Heroes..........his legacy will live on with every Shelby that's on the road today!!

 

Nice article, Joe. Time flies, but I agree, he will never be forgotten! If there were more people in this thread, it would be more appropriate, but oh well,

 

Thanks......I hate I never got to meet him in person!!

 

Anybody on here meet him???

 

There must be a few, the only guys I met and got autographs from are Force and Saleen.

 

I have never gotten an autograph from anyone. It isn't a thing a do. I've met some famous people but I figure they deserve their time too.

His cars were my favorite. First model my father bought me was a Shelby Cobra. I have to resist the urge to buy anything just because it says Shelby on it.

 

Steve Saleen was very nice......he posed for a photo with me and my son at a show in North Carolina a couple of years ago!

 

Met him once long ago at the 1993 Dallas Grand Prix when they held it outside of Reunion Arena. I also have a photo of him riding in his own AC Cobra. Really nice guy.

 

Sweet...............I loved seeing him on TV at the BJ Auctions each year!! He brought so much knowledge to the table and insite no one else had!!

 

I never got to meet the man, but he was nice enough to send a box of autographed (authenticated) things to a fundraiser our local Club held when I was awaiting my heart transplant. Of coarse I'll never forget him or his generosity. The Club gave me one of the autographed hats that I keep in a display box and only hear to car shows.
A greatly missed force.

 

Neat story.........he did a lot for others!!!

 

thats really cool Steve- Shelby did a lot of neat stuff thru his life, but his organ donor foundation stuff will live on longer than anything.
In my opinion the Shelby American groups management had tarnished the name a bit the last few years, things like the 23,000.00 replacement hood and such- and that was a shame, but the achievements of 'the man' were pretty cool when measured with any yardstick one could imagine.
Brad Barnett that used to own this site had met Shelby, theres pics in here somewhere- sittin down with a guy like him for a chat HAD to be one cool experience. auto/racing stuff, yep, very cool- but helping organ transplants to save lives is where most of his long term fame should be
tim

 

very nice article Joe- he was a amazing guy.

 

Great point....................yes the work he did for others in the way of his stuff for the kids and also the organ donations, is by far the most rewarding!! I think his wife is continuing the work in those areas

Yes, Brad is also a great guy and did meet him back in 2007 I think when the new 2007 Shelby GT500 Mustang was launched!!

 

Thanks........I just wanted the man's history to be told and make sure the younger kids/Mustang fans knew what all he did and accomplished...........his autobiography is a MUST read!! Tons of cool stuff even me (a rabbid Mustang nut) did not know!!

 

I vaguely remember seeing him walking around the garages during Indy 500 practice back in the 70's sometime. I was just a kid, but I was always a huge racing fan & knew who he was.

 

Neat!!